Tyler Perry

American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter

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Tyler Perry is an American entertainer who works across multiple creative fields including acting, directing, screenwriting, playwriting, producing, writing books, and composing music. His work across these different entertainment mediums has made him a significant figure in American popular culture and media.

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Film & TV

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry, Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an African-American actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, author, songwriter., and entrepreneur. Already a successful artist in Southern theater, Perry began to make national celebrity status in 2005 with the release of his first film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman. He has won critical praise for playing Madea, a mentally…

Known for

Joe's College Road Trip — Joe / Madea / Brian2026
Why Did I Get Married Again? — Terry2026
Madea's Destination Wedding — Madea / Brian / Joe2025
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television — Self2025
Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)2024
Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story — Self2023
Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming — Madea / Uncle Joe2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? — Self2022
Harry & Meghan — Self2022

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Key facts

Born: Emmitt Perry Jr. , ( 1969-09-13 ) September 13, 1969 (age 56) , New Orleans , Louisiana, U.S.
Occupations: Filmmaker playwright actor comedian entrepreneur
Years active: 1992–present
Partner: Gelila Bekele (2009–2020)
Website: tylerperry .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Perry
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: New Orleans
Occupation: composer
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Participant in: Ice Bucket Challenge
Genre: gospel music
Official website: www.tylerperry.com
Image: Tyler Perry Interview 2016.jpg
Height: 77
Number of children: 1
Residence: Atlanta

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date of birth: 1969-09-13
writing language: English language
net worth: 600000000
birth name: Emmitt Perry Jr.
start of work period: 1992-00-00
related category: Category:Films with screenplays by Tyler Perry
Commons category: Tyler Perry
social media followers: 6721502

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Encyclopedic overview

Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an American filmmaker, comedian, playwright, actor, and entrepreneur. His films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays, many of which have been subsequently adapted into feature films. Perry is the creator and performer of Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her nephew Brian Simmons. Madea's first appearance was in I Can Do Bad All by Myself (1999) staged in Chicago.

Perry wrote and produced many stage plays, which were at their successful peak in the 1990s and the 2000s. His breakthrough performance came in 2005 with the film Diary of a Mad Black Woman, which he wrote and produced as an adaptation of his stage play of the same name. He also developed numerous television series, most notably Tyler Perry's House of Payne, which ran for eight seasons on TBS from 2006 to 2012, before being renewed in 2020. In 2011, Forbes listed him as the highest-paid man in entertainment, earning $130 million between May 2010 and May 2011. In 2012, Perry struck an exclusive multi-year partnership with Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). The deal featured scripted projects such as The Haves and the Have Nots. In 2019, he produced the political drama series The Oval for BET.

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